Unit 2 Travel and transport Topic vocabulary in contrast

UNIT 2

Travel and transport

Topic vocabulary in contrast

Voyage(n) -a long journey, especially on a ship.

Journey(n) -an occasion when you travel from one place to another, especially over a long distanceus

Trip (n) -an occasion when you go somewhere and come back again

Travel(n) -the activity of travelling

Excursion (n) -a short journey that you make for pleasure

View (n) -the things that you can see from a particular place

Sight (n) -a person or a thing that you see that has a particular feature

World (n) -the planet that we live on

Earth (n) -the land on which we live

Area (n) -a part of a place or building

Territory (n) -an area of land that is controlled by a particular country

Season (n) -one of the four periods into which the year is divided according to the weather

Period (n) -an amount of time

Fare (n) -the money that you pay for a journey

Ticket (n) -a piece of paper that shows that you have paid to do something

Fee (n) -an amount of money that you pay to be allowed to do something such as join an organization

Miss (v) -to be too late for something such as a train or bus

Lose (v) -to no longer have something

Take (v) -to move or carry someone or something from one place to another

Bring (v) -to take someone or something with you from one place to another

Go (v) -to move or travel to a place that is away from where you are now

Book (v) -to arrange to have or use something at a particular time in the future

Keep (v) -to continue to have or own something

Arrive (v) -to reach a place

Reach (v) -to arrive somewhere

Live (v) -to have your home in a particular place

Stay (v) -to live or remain in a place for a while as a guest or visitor

Border (n) -the official line that separates two countries or regions

Edge (n) -the part of something that is furthest from its center

Line (n) -a long thin mark on the surface of something

Length (n) -a measurement of how long something is in size

Distance (n) -the amount of space between two people or things

Guide (v) -to show someone where to go by going with them

Lead (v) -to take someone to a place by going there with them, usually in front of them

Native (adj) -living in a particular country or area since birth

Home (town) (n) -the city or town where you lived as a child
Phrasal verbs

Catch up with-reach the same point/level as

Check in-register at a hotel or an airport

Check out-leave a hotel; investigate

Drop off-let someone get out of a vehicle

Get back-return from a place

Go away-go on holiday

Keep up with-stay at the same point/level as

Make for -go in the direction of

Pick up-stop in a vehicle to give sb a lift

Pull in -stop by the side of the road in a car

Run over-hit with a car

See off-go to a train station, etc, to see sb leave

Set out/off-start a journey

Take off -leave the ground

Turn round -go back in the opposite direction